The Power in Telling Your Story with Morgan Jerkins | Black America

The lives and stories of women are told through their strength, resilience, beauty, character and so much more.
Guest host, Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson talks with Morgan Jerkins, Author of New York Times bestseller "This Will Be My Undoing" and Senior Editor of Zora; a medium publication for women of color on the power of storytelling.
Morgan Jerkins shares her stories as a writer, the Zora Canon's 100 best books by black female authors from 1850 until present times and whose story is it to tell when we explore topics outside of race.
Taped: 02/13/2020
Black America is an in-depth conversation that explores what it means to be Black in America. The show profiles Black activists, academics, business leaders, sports figures, elected officials, artists and writers to gauge this experience in a time of both turbulence and breakthroughs.
Black America is hosted by Carol Jenkins, Emmy award winning New York City journalist, and founding president of The Women's Media Center
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Never forget that when her own racial bias was made public for all to see, Morgan Jerkins chose not to use her voice, to be accountable, to be a positive example. She chose silence. Her words, as nice the sentiment is, are just that, words.